Preliminary report of the Temporary Commission of Inquiry on the facts of possible corrupt actions of public officials, which led to significant losses of the revenue side of the State Budget of Ukraine

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Preliminary report of the Temporary Commission of Inquiry on the facts of possible corrupt actions of public officials, which led to significant losses of the revenue side of the State Budget of Ukraine

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Published on 30 December 2020, at 09:18

Published the Preliminary Report of the Temporary Commission of Inquiry of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on investigation of possible corrupt actions of public officials published in the mass media, which led to significant losses of the revenue part of the State Budget of Ukraine.

The preliminary report of the Temporary Commission of Inquiry set out the circumstances that led to the investigation of information on possible corrupt practices: statement of the former Minister of Finance of Ukraine Ihor Umansky that due to VAT schemes the State Budget of Ukraine loses about UAN 5 billion per month.

According to the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of April 24, 2020 №568-IX the main task of the Temporary Commission of Inquiry is to investigate the facts of possible corrupt actions of public officials, in particular, the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, the State Tax Service of Ukraine and the State Customs Service of Ukraine, which led to a shortfall in revenues of the State Budget of Ukraine in particularly large amounts, in the period from January 1, 2019 to this time.

The Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine also instructed the Accounting Chamber to carry out an unscheduled measure of state external financial control (audit) to inspect the activities of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, the State Tax Service of Ukraine and the State Customs Service of Ukraine from January 1, 2019.

According to the preliminary report, it is proposed to extend the work of the Commission for 6 months to cover the period from April 2020 to December 2020 inclusive.